Browsing by Author "Faculty of Education"
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ACADEMIC FEMINISM IN BRITAIN AND THE USA 1980 AND 1998: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
(University of Plymouth, 2005)Questions concerning the relationship between knowledge and other factors in the social world are among those that have been central to contemporary academic debates both within and outside of academic feminism. Linking ... -
Bereavement and moral and spiritual development : an exploration of the experiences of children and young people
(University of Plymouth, 1996)This thesis, which is in two parts, attempts to interpret in moral and spiritual terms those responses to bereavement that are often described as psychological. In part one human development is considered comparing ... -
Bullying in a primary school : a case study
(University of Plymouth, 2001)Bullying has become a significant issue for schools and one that has attracted the media spotlight. It has also received considerable attention from the research community since the late 1980s following the tradition ... -
THE CHALLENGE OF INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING: A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO SURE START CHILDREN'S CENTRES
(University of Plymouth, 2007)This study investigates a problem facing professionals working in public service agencies, in the current policy context of partnership working. This is the question of how to share personal service user information across ... -
Children and family values : a critical appraisal of 'family' in schools
(University of Plymouth, 2003)Prompted by the Labour government's proposal to introduce education on family relationships into the National Curriculum, this research project was set up to investigate how teachers portrayed 'family' within the classroom ... -
THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF PRIMARY HEADTEACHERS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS PSYCHOMETRIC TOOL FOR ENHANCING FUNCTIONAL FLUENCY
(University of Plymouth, 2002)Functional Fluency denotes efficacy of interpersonal functioning in terms of flexibility and balance of the behavioural modes a person uses. The aim of this project is to design and create a psychometric tool for mapping ... -
Does Collaboration Matter? A Paradigm for Practical Educational Research
(University of Plymouth, 2004)What is the virtue in collaboration among practitioners in practical educational research? And if collaboration as elaborated here matters enough for us to care, how will our lives as practitioner-researchers be different? This ... -
THE EFFECTS OF A PROGRAM OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIPON THE SELF-CONCEPT AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ORIENTATION OF THE LEARNING DISABLED
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Examination of the role of the teacher in early reading
(University of Plymouth, 1995)The research presented here considers the role of the teacher of reading in the child's first year of school. It was undertaken in an attempt to find out more about how teachers go about teaching children to read. The ... -
Exploring the provision of high dependency care in children's wards
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Extending literacy : pupils' interactions with texts, with particular emphasis on the use of non-fiction texts
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY REGIONAL POLICY: A STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
(University of Plymouth, 1988)This thesis develops the argument that research on the European Community (EC) could be enriched by studies of how Community policies are implemented. The processes by which EC policies are formulated have been the subject ... -
THE IMPORTANCE OF MARITAL STATUS FOR WOMEN'S LIVES
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The influence of school staffs on primary PGCE trainee teachers' professional learning
(University of Plymouth, 2000)This thesis is a multi-case study of the placement professional learning of fifteen primary PGCE trauiees within the school-based part of teacher training. It is concerned with the influence of individual staff, especially ... -
Interactive teaching in the National Numeracy Strategy: tensions in a supportive framework
(University of Plymouth, 2004)This thesis is an exploratory study of teachers' and children's understandings of the National Numeracy Strategy, and of interactive whole class teaching in particular. It starts by identifying aspects of the Strategy ... -
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FACTORS DETERMINING RUMINANT LIVESTOCK DISTRIBUTION IN THE FAR SOUTH WEST
(University of Plymouth, 2001)Major changes are taking place in all sectors of the livestock and meat producing industries from farm to consumer which impinge on the processes and pattems of livestock distribution from farm to slaughter. These changes ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF LOWER SECONDARY PUPILS' IMAGES OF MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICIANS
(University of Plymouth, 2000)This thesis reports on a three-part research project in which the images of mathematics and mathematicians held by lower secondary pupils were investigated. A survey tool which asked pupils to draw a picture of a ... -
Involvement of looked after children in making decisions about their present and future care needs
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IS TOILET TRAINING AS EASY AS A B C?
(University of Plymouth, 1997)Toilet training is often viewed as a fairly straightforward process. This may be why much of the prescriptive literature available today has not been subject empirical investigation. This study followed twenty-six children ...
